Communicating Vessels (French Modernist Library)

Communicating Vessels (French Modernist Library)
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What Freud did for dreams, AndrÃ© Breton (1896â€“1966) does for despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and through the marvelous the redemptive force of imagination. Originally published in 1932 in France, Les Vases communicants is an effort to show how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to recovery from despondency. This English translation makes available "the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism, as Breton conceived it, is based."
In Communicating Vessels Breton lays out the problems of everyday experience and of intellect. His involvement with political thought and action led him to write about the relations between nations and individuals in a mode that moves from the quotidian to the lyrical. His dreams triggered a curious correspondence with Freud, available only in this book. As Caws writes, "The whole history of surrealism is here, in these pages."
Country USA
Brand University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer University of Nebraska Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 8 photographs
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803261358
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	University of Nebraska Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	8 photographs
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780803261358
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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